Celica Forums General Discussion General underbody plastics...do you really need it...seriously bugs me

well today when i was driving around i heard something scrapping..so i pull over and look under and my damn underbody plastics is dragging.

Do I really need this?

i would get some new one.. because ur car is lowered. thats just me.

The only thing you'll notice without them is a dirty engine bay, and maybe slower top end acceleration due to more aerodynamic drag. The panels won't protect anything under the car due to how thin they are (and the likelihood of falling off by themselves ).

Just zip tie them to whatever you can find to the underbody

I would say keep'em on. But that's me mayne!

get rid of them. itll probably just get the engine bay dirty or just cause minor dents scraps and damage to engine bay since rocks and other crap will be hitting the engine instead of the bottom plastics.

just zip tie it like me

And this is why he should get rid of them

hhhahhaha yeah if you zip tie that shit it wont fall, but then its a bitch to take it out for the oil change, guess we just need to wait for the tpr underground panel to come out

when is this?!?!?!

That same thing happened to me this fall. On my way to school and hear this scraping sound...so took the thing off right at the side of the road. The whole front is scraped up so much that i can't even ziptie it anywhere...so it's been off for a couple months. Can't notice any increase in dirt or anything yet...but it's just annoying looking at the front of my car and seeing black on the driver's side and pavement on the passenger...

leave it for now, then buy TPR's aluminum underbody piece when they got it

sounds good...but i'm planning on getting a TRD front, so will it also fit since the front is a bit wider for the underbody piece to reach

yea, i think they would probably make it general to fit all bodykits...it probably wont be as big as the plastic pieces and not extend as far you know?
thats what c-ones is like

yea i just zip tied mine...it got really annoying...eveyr 10 mintues id have to pull over and fix it

mines off where the oil pan is, and its zip tied everywhere else...

go toyota quality

Mine did that too and I got mad and just cut it off on the side of the road one day. It was embarrassing driving around making that loud scraping noise.

I have the same problem. It's time to replace them. What do they go for a Toyota?

when i had my kit on they scrapped all the way home... i just took them off, and they're just sittin in the garage now.

I think their most useful function is to protect against water being splashed up into the engine bay. If you have a CAI this could be a problem.

haha today...it was scrapping the whole day until i got home right now...lol...damn i gotta fix it in the morning.

Virgilson,
I have a C-One underpanel if your're interested.

thanks for the offer bro..i'll keep it in mind..once i get my TRD front.

if virgil dont want it i might be interested. how much?

i didnt realize everybody had the scraping thing! mines hangin down so i have to do something about it. what sucks is my front lip is all f*** up'd. the road to my house has sooo many dips that the bottom of my lip looks like i was sanding it...its horrible...thats why im afraid of dropping it!!! any suggestions?????

sorry guys, I just sold it Saturday.